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Re: Other: Thinking of those on the East Coast
By:Noel Bennett
Date: 8/29/2011, 2:51 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Thinking of those on the East Coast (Kurt Maurer)

Heavy rain seemed to be the biggest problem around the Capital District of NY, though wind certainly aggravated it.

In my neighborhood, you can tell a storm went through by the amount of small branches and leaves covering the road, but little more than that.

Other folk didn't turn out so well. There's been problems in some of the hill country, Schoharie specifically. The creek out there *flooded* ( http://capitalregion.ynn.com/content/top_stories/555284/online-extra----aerial-video-of-the-mohawk-river-and-schoharie-creek/?r=8237753780 ). All that run-off has to go somewhere, so the major rivers are cresting today. The Mohawk is flooding parts of downtown Schenectady. The Hudson is overflowing into parts of Troy, Green Island, and Cohoes.

Even being up away from the river hasn't helped. A hillside in Troy gave way, coming down on three buildings, knocking two off their foundations and filling the other. "They" say it may continue, endangering houses on the top of the hill.

I'd much rather deal with a few feet of snow...

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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/26/2011, 8:45 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 8/26/2011, 10:43 pm
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Bob Johns -- 8/26/2011, 10:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2011, 1:37 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/27/2011, 9:30 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 1:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2011, 1:40 am
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Michael Lynskey -- 8/27/2011, 10:30 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 8/27/2011, 11:10 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/27/2011, 6:42 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 8/27/2011, 7:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 2:04 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/28/2011, 3:12 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 8/28/2011, 6:57 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 8/29/2011, 2:51 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 1:57 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/29/2011, 8:32 pm